Monday, January 5, 2015

Bayou Hero-Marilyn Pappano

Bayou Hero

Marilyn Pappano

Harlequin Romantic Suspense, Jan 1 2015, $5.50

ISBN: 9780373279029

In his New Orleans mansion, someone violently stabs U.S. Navy Rear
Admiral Jeremiah Jackson, Junior twenty-seven times and counting in his bed;
also murdered by one stab wound to their chests are his live-in housekeeper,
her daughter and the gardener. NCIS Agent
Alia Kingsley and her former husband NOPD Detective Jimmy DiBiase lead the investigation
into the mass murders. Both agree the
intended target was the naval official in a crime of out of control rage; while
the three other victims were collateral damage caused by them being in the
wrong place at the wrong time.

Jimmy makes it clear to his ex-wife, he wants a second chance, but
Alia distrusts him to remain steadfast faithful; as he mass cheated on her when
they were married. Meanwhile Alia and a person
of interest, the prime victim’s estrange son bartender Landry Jackson, are
attracted to each other. As three more
killings occur, most law enforcement working the case believes Landry killed
his father in a crime of passion and the others in a crime of cold-blooded
cover-up. The lone holdout Alia believes
otherwise, but also fears her falling in love may have rose colored her
instincts.

Allowing the citizens of Copper Lake, Georgia a
respite, Marilyn Pappano takes her readers to the Big Easy in a terse romantic
police procedural. Filled with twists,
red herrings and a wonderful but expected romantic triangle, the fast-paced
storyline hooks the audience from the moment the divorcees meet at the death
house and never slows down until the climatic confrontation with an angry
predator.